Data Sources

Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), the BRFSS is the world's largest telephone survey.
Information from the survey is used to improve the health of the American
people. You can view survey results and also select state information.

In cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of the Census,
the North Dakota State Data Center receives and distributes economic and
demographic information through the lead agency at North Dakota State
University. The center responds to requests, conducts research, compiles
information, and disseminates research findings to meet the demographic
and economic needs of North Dakota.

This website includes information about the North
Dakota Youth Risk Behavior Survey. In the spring of odd-numbered years,
data is obtained from North Dakota students in seventh through 12th grade
on behaviors that contribute to injuries, tobacco use, alcohol and other
drug use, sexual behaviors, dietary behaviors and physical activity.

Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), the YRBSS monitors six categories (behaviors that
contribute to injuries, tobacco use, alcohol and other drug use, sexual
behaviors, dietary behaviors and physical activity) of health-risk
behaviors among youth and young adults; these behaviors contribute to
physical inactivity and other serious health risks. The YRBSS is conducted
every two years and includes local, state and national school-based
surveys of representative samples of ninth-through 12th-grade students.